Dominick Arduin (1961–2004) was a Frenchwoman who disappeared in her attempt to ski to the North Pole.
For 15 years she worked as a guide in Finnish Lapland and received dual citizenship.
She said that she had grown up in the Alps, that she had been orphaned at an early age, had recovered from cancer and had been the only child aside from a dead sister.
[2] On 5 March 2004 Arduin began her second attempt to become the first woman to ski alone to the North Pole.
[4] A helicopter search failed to find any trace of her though they recovered another traveler, Frédéric Chamard-Boudet.